Leeds United announced the deal in March on their official website. The Leeds-based company’s founder and Executive Chairman Steve Parkin told the Leeds website:

"As a lifelong Leeds fan, I’m delighted to have the business I’ve built over the past two decades become a sponsor of the club.

"It will expose the Clipper name to a global audience, as we continue to grow as a business and help shape the future of retail logistics. This association is a great partnership between Clipper and Leeds United, and I look forward to seeing it flourish."

As Parkin stated he is a lifelong Leeds fan and, in the past, has been heavily linked with a takeover of Massimo Cellino at Leeds United.

In November last year the Mirror reported that the maverick Italian was ready to sell the club to the Leeds businessman in a reported £30 million takeover.

They even quoted Cellino as stating:

In February the Yorkshire Evening Post reported that Parkin had become a regular in the director’s box at Elland Road this season and that he had already tried to buy the club a decade ago.

Now Parkin has certainly made a mark at Leeds through his company and sponsorship. Many a Leeds fan will still be hoping to see him takeover from Cellino in the near future.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.